FARMINGTON — A Phillips man has been ordered to serve the four remaining years of a suspended eight-year sentence related to a burglary and theft of firearms when he lived in Lisbon in 2010. Michael R. Harriman, 27, admitted Monday in Franklin County Superior Court to violating his probation Sept. 1, 2017. Harriman had been […]
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Winthrop driver in fatal crash jailed again for violating probation
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine woman who pleaded guilty in a 2014 fatal car crash is being sent back to jail for violating her probation. The Kennebec Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2qDgcch ) 25-year-old Alyssa Marcellino, of Winthrop, will serve six more months for drinking, using drugs and failing to do required community service. Marcellino acknowledged probation […]
Livermore Falls man gets 1 1/2 years in jail for threatening woman with knife
AUBURN — A Livermore Falls man was sentenced Friday to spend 18 months behind bars after he admitted to charges of attacking and threatening his neighbor with a knife. Robert Valles, 49, of 118 Main St. pleaded guilty to felony domestic violence criminal threatening plus three misdemeanor charges in an April 23, 2014, attack on […]
Ex-Brunswick pastor sentenced to probation
PORTLAND (AP) — The former pastor of a Brunswick church has been sentenced to two years of probation for receiving nearly $150,000 in federal benefits while also collecting a salary. Carroll Freemont Pennell had faced 18 months in prison at sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1dJQHOQ ) reported […]
Old Town probation officer with Auburn roots never carried gun, focused on making a difference during 39 years on the job
BANGOR — In his nearly 39 years as a probation officer, Ron Sagner never carried a gun. “It wasn’t required when I started in 1975,” Sagner, 66, of Old Town said shortly before he retired in mid-August. “The attitude then was, if you need to carry one, you weren’t the right person for the job.” […]
Epps arrested, charged with probation violation
LEWISTON — Charles Epps was arrested Tuesday afternoon, charged with violating probation by bringing two Airsoft BB guns to a weekly visit to his probation officer. Epps, 32, of Lewiston is prohibited from possessing dangerous weapons, including guns. According to court records, conditions are specific: “no possession of BB guns.” In April, he was charged […]